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Description : Antique African Benin Bronze Fish Sculpture | Bronze fish crafted by hand by the West African Benin Tribe using the lost wax method and use of coiled wires to form the fish scales and other details. Figure is standing on 4 legs. Approx. Size: 16 long x 6.5 high, Weight: 3.8 lbs.
Fish, in particular the mudfish, symbolized peace, prosperity, and fertility to the Benin tribe. Tradition has that the mudfish symbolized the Oba's position between mortal men (on the land) and the spirit world of Olokun, the god of the water, because it lives close to the riverbank.
Provenance: Prominent Private Ethnographic Collection, Estate of Paul S. Hughey, Previously on loan with the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Prix: 281.25 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 750 USD-1500 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
À propos du lot
n° 197 Titre : Genuine African Benin Bronze Fish Sculpture Dimensions : 16 long x 6.5 high Worthington Galleries, Salle de vente
, Gallatin (Nashville), TN🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : Summer Fine Art & Collectibles Auction Date de la vente : 03/06/2023🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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